Germany - Regional Analysis

Below you find a regionwise analysis of the German league - which regions provided
how many teams to the league, and titles won per region.

Information is prepared as follows:
- name of the region (Länder) in German and, if different, in English
- population (as of Jan 1, 2008, rounded to thousands)
- German championships won by teams of the region from 1903 to 1963. Note that the
championship was not awarded in 1904 and 1922, and was not played from 1914-15 to
1918-19 and from 1944-45 to 1946-47 because of World Wars.
- DDR-Oberliga champions from 1949 to 1990-91. Played by teams of the former (East)
German Democratic Republic. So, only the Länder: Berlin, Brandenburg,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt and Thüringen.
- Bundesliga: in the first column, seasons played by each club in Bundesliga from
1963-64 to 2009-10.
In brackets, Bundesliga championships won by each club from 1963-64 to 2008-2009.
At the bottom of the page, statistical tables by regions.

Brandenburg

Pop.: 2.536.000
Until 1945:
No German championships won by clubs from Brandenburg.
East Germany from 1949 to 1991:
No DDR-Oberliga won by clubs from Brandenburg.
Bundesliga since 1991-92:
6 presences by 1 club.
6 FC Energie Cottbus

Bremen

Pop. : 663.000
Until 1963:
No German championships won by clubs from Bremen.
Bundesliga since 1963-64:
46 presences by 1 club. 4 championships won by 1 club.
46 ( 4) SV Werder Bremen

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania)

Pop.: 1.680.000
Until 1945:
No German championships won by clubs from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
East Germany from 1949 to 1991:
1 DDR-Oberliga won by 1 club:
1 FC Hansa Rostock
Bundesliga since 1991-92:
12 presences by 1 club.
12 FC Hansa Rostock

Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt)

Pop.: 2.412.000
Until 1945:
No German championships won by clubs from Sachsen-Anhalt.
East Germany from 1949 to 1991:
5 DDR-Oberliga won by 2 clubs:
3 1.FC Magdeburg
2 ZSG Union Halle / BSG Turbine Halle
Bundesliga since 1991-92:
None of the clubs from Sachsen-Anhalt has played in Bundesliga.

Schleswig-Holstein

Pop.: 2.837.000
Until 1963:
1 German championship won by 1 club:
1 FC Holstein (Kiel)
Bundesliga since 1963-64:
None of the clubs from Schleswig-Holstein has played in Bundesliga.

Thüringen

Pop.: 2.289.000
Until 1945:
No German championships won by clubs from Thüringen.
East Germany from 1949 to 1991:
5 DDR-Oberliga won by 2 clubs:
3 SC Motor Jena / FC Carl Zeiss Jena
2 SC Turbine Erfurt
Bundesliga since 1991-92:
None of the clubs from Thüringen has played in Bundesliga.

Österreich (Austria)

The Austrian territory was added to Germany from 1938 to 1945.
During these years, Austrian clubs played the German championship.
Rapid Wien were German champions in 1941.